Central Los Canos 0-4-2 Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 13336)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 32, p.53. Works number was 33200 in February 1909.

Puerto-Rican sugar-plantation saddle tanker for the Guantanamo Sugar Company's 13 1/2-mile (21.7-km) narrow-gauge line. The specification requires the 1 to haul 12-15 short tons of "cars & lading" up a straight 1/2% grade with frictional resistance not to exceed 15 lb per ton (7.5 kg per tonne) and to control about twice as much train load heading downgrade.


Class 12 (Locobase 15421)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 79. p. 60. Works number was 60195 in September 1927.

Locobase 13336 shows the first of these really small saddle tanks. When the Puerto Rican sugar mill ordered a second locomotive eighteen years later, they went for slightly more of everything: cylinder volume, tubes for more heating surface, and a larger firebox. All this was available for a mere two short tons (1,814 kg). Like the earlier engine, the 12 was challenged by curves with radii as tight as 50 feet (16 metres).

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class112
Locobase ID13336 15421
RailroadCentral Los CanosCentral Los Canos
CountryUSAUSA
Whyte0-4-2ST0-4-2ST
Number in Class11
Road Numbers112
Gauge66 cm66 cm
Number Built11
BuilderBurnham, Williams & CoBaldwin
Year19091927
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 3.67 / 1.12 3.75 / 1.14
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.50 / 2.59 9.58 / 2.92
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.43 0.39
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 8.50 / 2.59 9.58 / 2.92
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)17,000 / 771119,000 / 8618
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)21,000 / 952525,000 / 11,340
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)21,00025,000
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)300 / 1.14350 / 1.33
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 0.50 / 1
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)14 / 716 / 8
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)24 / 61028 / 711
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 1030160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)7" x 12" / 178x3058" x 12" / 203x305
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)3124 / 1417.023730 / 1691.90
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.44 5.09
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)46 - 1.5" / 3857 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 6.26 / 1.91 6.66 / 2.03
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)18.60 / 1.7324.40 / 2.27
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 4.52 / 0.42 6.27 / 0.58
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)130 / 12.08172 / 15.98
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)130 / 12.08172 / 15.98
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume245.28245.71
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation6781003
Same as above plus superheater percentage6781003
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area27903904
Power L125253136
Power MT654.90727.76

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